For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
LawFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTheir wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryNow Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
Joshua
HistoryThe sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetryAnd shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTheir wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Deuteronomy
LawEvery man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.